Page 101 of Crazy Rich Cajuns

He grinned.“It would be okay to practice Senator Baxter, I suppose.”

Kennedy stared at him and shook her head slowly.“Yeah, that would definitely be okay.”He still had to live in Louisiana for almost two years before he could run for Senate, but the things this man was going to be doing in those two years were going to be impressive as hell.People were definitely going to know him.And love him.

Then she grinned.“Oh, man, Charles is going to owe me five hundred bucks!”

Bennett gave her a little frown.“Why’s that?”

“Because we made a bet about who could talk you into running for office first.I told him that I definitely had an unfair advantage, but he took the bet anyway.”She laughed.“And hell, if you’re going to have to keep running for higher offices than me just so you can keep the ‘power’ and the big desk…maybeI’lleventually run for Senate.”There weren’t many positions above a Senator.But those positions were huge.

He hugged her close but chuckled.“Don’t get ahead of yourself, Madam Mayor.”

Yeah, that wasn’t a no.Getting ahead of herself was one of the things he liked best about her.

Feeling happy and completely contented in Bennett’s arms, standing in the place that would always feel most like home, Kennedy actually had to blink back tears.She couldn’t let her brothers see them.They already teased her mercilessly about the perpetual grin she wore now that she and Bennett were going back and forth between Baton Rouge and the bayou, spending a lot of time in each place, but always together.

Though they also figured her goofy grin was in part due to her amazing sex life.

They weren’t wrong.

Josh turned to Tori, who was standing at the end of the bar, also waiting for whatever his big announcement was going to be.

“Victoria Kramer, you are the love of my life.The night you walked into my bar on Bourbon Street, my life changed.And I thank God every day that you came back a year later.Thank you for finding me, thank you for loving me, thank you for saving me, thank you for being the best part of every day for me.”

Kennedy’s eyes widened as everyone in the room seemed to gasp at once.Ever since Tori had walked onto the Boys of the Bayou dock, it had been a given that they would get married.But honestly, Kennedy had had no idea Josh was going to propose so publicly.

She should have though.He was a Landry.They did everything big, but nothing more so than love.

Kennedy looked over at Tori, who was staring at Josh with her hand over her mouth and tears streaming down her cheeks.

Josh gave her a wink and then looked over his shoulder.“Come on.”

There was a pause and then Juliet exclaimed, “Oh my gosh!”

Everyone looked in that direction.Coming around the edge of the bar was a goat.With a sign hanging around his neck that said, “TORI, WILL YOU…”

An otter followed.There was a piece of cardboard strapped to his back that said, “MARRY…”

Everyone gasped again, but they stayed quiet, miraculously.

Finally, the pig that had been a piglet only a few months ago, came around the bar with a sign that, predictably, said, “ME?”

Tori gave a little half laugh, half sob.

The pig stopped, looked around, and peed.

Everyone laughed.He’d done that as a baby whenever he’d gotten nervous—which had been whenever he was around humans other than Tori—but they’d all assumed he’d grow out of it.Unfortunately, he hadn’t.And now it made a lot bigger mess.

Josh looked at Tori with a big grin.“So?What do you think?”

The whole place went crazy with cheering and laughing and toasting.

Which annoyed the hell out of Kennedy.

“Hey!”she shouted.“Hey!We didn’t hear her answer!”

Not that anyone thought that there was a chance in hell Tori would say no.Kennedy knew that Tori loved Josh with everything in her.Still, she wanted to see the damned moment completed.

Of course, no one heard her over the noise.

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